"I was reading the dictionary. I thought
it was a poem about everything."
                     --Steven Wright

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Jealous of ( ঈর্ষা পরায়ণ ) I am not at all jealous of his fortune.
  • Live beyond ( বাঁচা ) He lives beyond his means.
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • Zeal for ( প্রবল উৎসাহ ) He has a zeal for social work.
  • Abound in ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) Fish abounds in this river.
  • Cope with ( সামলানো ) I cannot cope with the situation.

Idioms:

  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather